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Muslim inmates in Alaska fed pork during Ramadan: activists
AFP ^ | 05/25/18

Posted on 05/25/2018 2:46:39 PM PDT by Simon Green

A federal judge granted a restraining order Thursday forcing prison guards in Alaska to stop giving Muslim inmates pork as they break their fasts during Ramadan, rights campaigners said.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming Anchorage Correctional Complex had violated constitutional prohibitions against "cruel and unusual punishment."

CAIR said the US District Court for Alaska had granted its request for an emergency temporary order requiring guards to provide adequate meals in accordance with government health guidelines.

"CAIR has reported an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president," the Washington-based organization said in a statement.

Muslims are currently marking the holy month of Ramadan, fasting from dawn until sunset, which means going without food for around 18 hours in Anchorage.

Inmates observing the festival are given rations equating to 1,100 calories a day at most, according to the complaint, far short of the recommended daily amount of around 2,500 calories for men.

The packages contain food made of pork, which is forbidden in Islam, rendering the actual nutritional value of the meals even more inadequate.

CAIR said the treatment contravened the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and violated First and 14th Amendment rights to equal protection and free exercise of religion.

The suit seeks a "balanced nutritional diet" for inmates, as well as policy changes and compensatory and punitive damages.

The Alaska corrections department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Ramadan began on May 16 in the United States and will end on or around June 1

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alaska
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To: Simon Green
Despite all the snickering, a clear violation of the First and Eighth Amendments.

The Constitution is for everyone.

Interesting, however, how a convicted felon can retain the rights guaranteed under those Amendments, and yet still be stripped of their Second Amendment rights!

I'm sure there's a legal rationale around that somewhere...

41 posted on 05/25/2018 4:55:34 PM PDT by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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To: Simon Green

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/04/dean-weingarten/u-s-district-court-some-felons-do-have-second-amendment-rights/


42 posted on 05/25/2018 5:06:25 PM PDT by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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To: Pollster1

Do Jews get kosher meals in prison?


43 posted on 05/25/2018 5:20:56 PM PDT by Hildy (The worst part of betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.)
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To: TomGuy
Feed them Michelle Obama's school lunch menu for a month and they will have something to complain about. 2500 calories? Not even close.

OR,,,,,, outsource the catering business to North Korea. Let the muslims live on a diet of tree bark, dirt and tapeworms. Win Win, if NK agrees to join the 21st century.

44 posted on 05/25/2018 5:35:05 PM PDT by Bernard (The only Fair Tax is the Tax that Taxes You and not Me)
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To: savedbygrace

If this is in Alaska, move them far enough North so that the Sun doesn’t set. Then the point of what to feed them after sunset becomes moot.


45 posted on 05/25/2018 5:36:40 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: jmcenanly

LOL


46 posted on 05/25/2018 5:40:12 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: Simon Green

Tough. We don’t care about your rights anymore. You’re prisoners. Y0ou don’t have any rights.


47 posted on 05/25/2018 5:41:21 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: cpdiii

“...goat and sheep are in short supply in Alaska.”

I suppose it would be too cruel to the animals, but you could put just one in the prison alive and the prisoners could figure it out. And don’t stop the riot when half of the prisoners finally get hungry, and the other half don’t want their “girlfriend” killed.


48 posted on 05/25/2018 5:43:15 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: Simon Green

O’ the horror!


49 posted on 05/25/2018 5:46:33 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: Hildy

Most states (about 40 now) offer Kosher meals to prisoners, often by court order. The vast majority of those who request/demand Kosher are not Jewish, just crooks who want better food and are cheating the system.


50 posted on 05/25/2018 6:26:59 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Simon Green

The Afghans I know asked me to share my ham and bacon with them because they like it.


51 posted on 05/25/2018 6:50:55 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Simon Green

Ok, obvious question but I gotta ask: how many Muslims could there possibly be in Alaska prisons? Two? Three?


52 posted on 05/25/2018 7:08:49 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: Simon Green

Get them to stop raping burning and killing and they can have a big steak.


53 posted on 05/25/2018 7:17:06 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Doing more of what fails is the definition of liberalism and insanity.)
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To: Simon Green

Good. Maybe they will become human beings.


54 posted on 05/25/2018 7:22:09 PM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

“how many Muslims could there possibly be in Alaska prisons? Two? Three?”

I call fake news on this whole story.


55 posted on 05/26/2018 12:55:34 AM PDT by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows what's right and he keeps on coming.)
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To: Simon Green

Pigs eating pigs!!!!!


56 posted on 05/26/2018 7:05:11 AM PDT by ontap
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; randita; ...

Excellent news in Alaska.

No, not this, I’m talking about the gubernatorial election.

“Independent” Governor Bill Walker was illegally running in the rat primary, if he had won he’d have declined the nomination and there would have been no official rat nominee to take votes from him.

But guess what, Former Senator Mark Begich is running, so Walker has ditched his rat primary plan, there WILL be a split in the leftist vote, which should facilitate a Republican reclamation of the office.


57 posted on 06/02/2018 3:31:31 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: KC_Lion

Ping to #57


58 posted on 06/02/2018 3:32:31 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Impy

It the new Gop gov is part of the corrupt bastards, he ain’t needed


59 posted on 06/02/2018 3:55:03 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; LS

Ex-Lt Gov. Mead Treadwell jumped in at the last minute on the GOP side for Governor. It should be his to lose (although he placed a poor 3rd when he ran at the end of his term for the Senate in the GOP primary).


60 posted on 06/02/2018 4:05:15 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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